“A Mighty Wind” is a great film. It is the story of my first fart in the morning. It is two hours long. Some of you may think it stinks, but I enjoyed it greatly.
SP
PS It has Catherine O’Hara in it too!
Well, those of us who are old enough to remember folk singers … it cracked us up.
I loved it too. I even bought the CD.
Can’t wait for the DVD. I am Christopher Guest’s ho. 
Indeed. I thought it was brilliant. I love all of his movies.
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Even those of us not old enough to remember folk singers … it cracked us up, too.
Wha’ HAPPENED!
Went back this weekend after seeing “Mighty Wind” and watched “Guffman” and “Best in Show” so I could decide which I liked best. (Didn’t have time to include “Spinal Tap” in the marathon.)
Really, I couldn’t pick a favorite. They each have priceless moments of comedy that will stand up for decades.
And it’s great fun seeing the same folks, especially Fred Willard, O’Hara, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, again in different roles. Even those people in some of the smaller bit parts, such as Ed Begley Jr. (There’s just something funny about watching a blond Nordic guy speak Yiddish.)
The first time I saw a preview, I couldn’t wait to see A Mighty Wind. I loved it even more than Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. It was hilarious, and I thought it was really touching the way everyone rushed to the stage wings to watch Mickey and Mitch.
Did anyone else catch that Mickey’s solo albums were put out on Rube Records?
My wife and I saw it today and enjoyed it greatly. I thought the parody was just a bit more affectionate than in the other Guest films. They cared more about these characters.
I was also surprised by just how good the fake folk music was. Maybe it’ll start a new folk renaissance!
Eugene Levy’s character almost had me in tears. I felt so, so bad for him, it just hurt to watch him.
I can’t remember if it’s Peter or Paul (of Peter Paul and Mary) that Chris Guest looked like, but it was kind of a funny likeness.
Certainly far far better than Guffman; I have yet to see Best in Show (and of course, not really the same kind of film as Spinal Tap).
It was also nice to see Mike McKeehan, Chris Guest, and Harry Shearer together again.
Yes! I loved it but far too short. Only 91 minutes. Weird This is Spinal Tap comes out even shorter.
Although poor Mary Gross didn’t even get a chance to get in the act.
I found it rather short as well, but an hour and a half of pure enjoyment, I’ll put up with that. It was a hilarious movie, and probably my favorite of the ones I’ve seen (I haven’t seen all of This is Spinal Tap yet, and it’s been a while since Waiting for Guffman, so perhaps a review is in order). Not enough Parker Posey for me, but Eugene Levy’s character was fantastic.
And I love the very end.
I never cared much for Waiting for Guffman, but I loved Best in Show. (Although, wasn’t there a Frosted Flakes commercial with some of the actors from Guffman making an appearance? The commercial where they were asking “Who is Tony?”)
I’m excited about seeing A Mighty Wind and am glad it finally came out in my market!
I saw it recently too. It was pretty good. The fake folk music was very good overall. I never really cared for Eugene Levy. I don’t think he can act at all; however, he didn’t bother me at all in this film. The manager guy of the big band (I don’t remember its name) was really annoying. Every time he came on I wanted to push him down a flight of stairs. Overall 3.5 out of 5 stars. Good movie.
Normally I can’t stand Fred Willard, but this time he actually didn’t irritate me until the second time he was on – that’s a personal best.
I agree it was too short. In addition to Mary Gross being cut out entirely, Paul Dooley and Parker Posey had an unfortunately small amount of screen time. I think they had more cut out than the rest.
I think it was the best thing I’ve ever seen Eugene Levy do.
It was hilarious and surprisingly poignant. I need to go out and get the soundtrack – the songs were so funny and yet so catchy.
I love Spinal Tap but I flat out hate the others. I didn’t find them funny at all. I saw A Mighty Wind this weekend and my girlfriend and I were literally the only people in the theater not laughing. I mean, yeah, there were a couple of laughs here and there but overall I just hated it. I guess we just don’t get it and that’s OK. Now I know how people feel when I’m laughing at Month Python and they say “I don’t get it”.
I thought it was hilarious. The characters were right on target, and the songs were funny while still being pretty good songs. The whole bit with the Folksmen being moved to “Folktones Records” (the records without a hole) was hysterical.
Plus, the Mitch and Mickey plot was actually quite poignant and touching, and Mickey singing at the medical supply convention was the perfect touch.
Harry Shearer at the end…wow. I didn’t see that coming.
I also enjoyed the added character development of Mitch and Mickey. I love all his movies but sometimes the characters are parodies to the extent that you don’t get to see underlying real emotion, but you get that here. I thought overall it was hilarious.
(I wanted more Parker Posey, too!)
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I’m in agreement with a lot of the people above. The characters are much more human in this one, so there’s less of the absurd stuff. But I sure thought it was funny. I don’t like Eugene Levy’s “I’m awkward and wish I was cool” gag in every other movie he’s been in, but he didn’t do that this time and I enjoyed it a lot. Fred Willard was pretty annoying, but that was tolerable. It takes some effort for a movie to keep it’s title a total mystery for 90 minutes - and then make it the punchline for the whole thing. Wow.
I think the funniest line besides that was “It’s a good thing they have the model trains - otherwise they wouldn’t have got the idea for the big one.”
“Are. are. are those wires up there?”
Slap!
I loved that scene at Town Hall.